For one weekend every year the normally tranquil Lake Skinner Recreation Area at the edge of Temecula Valley Wine Country is transformed with a flurry of activity as thousands of people from throughout Southern California arrive to drink wine, listen to music and watch the spectacular glow of balloons against the evening sky.The Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine Festival has evolved...

Craig Decker, also known as the Spike half of Spike & Mike, is expected in Riverside on Friday, May 24, for a revival of Spike & Mike’s Sick &Twisted Festival of Animation.Decker will introduce the program of nearly two dozen shorts at the Fox Performing Arts Center and sign merchandise at intermission, according to producer Patrick Maloney.The Spike & Mike...